Cryptotriton wakei

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Salamandroidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Ordo: Urodela Subordo: Salamandroidea

Familia: Plethodontidae
Subfamilia: Bolitoglossinae
Genus: Cryptotriton
Species: Cryptotriton wakei

Name

Cryptotriton wakei (Campbell & Smith, 1998)

Type locality: "west slope of Cerro Pozo de Agua, Sierra de Caral, Municipio de Morales, Izabal, Guatemala, 1150 m elevation, (15° 22´ N, 88° 42´ W)".

Holotype: UTA A-50002.

Synonyms

Nototriton wakei Campbell & Smith, 1998
Cryptotriton wakei — García-París & Wake, 2000

References

Campbell and Smith, 1998, Sci. Pap. Nat. Hist. Mus. Univ. Kansas, 6: 5.
García-París and Wake, 2000, Copeia, 2000: 58.
Frost, D. 2008. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 5.2 (15 July, 2008). Electronic Database accessible at www.research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. Cryptotriton wakei
AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2010. Berkeley, California: Cryptotriton wakei. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/.
2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Cryptotriton wakei (Data Deficient) Downloaded on 31 July 2008.
Mccranie, J.R.; Rovito, S.M. 2014: New species of salamander (Caudata: Plethodontidae: Cryptotriton) from Quebrada Cataguana, Francisco Morazán, Honduras, with comments on the taxonomic status of Cryptotriton wakei. Zootaxa 3795(1): 61–70. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3795.1.6 Reference page.

Vernacular names

English: Wake's Moss Salamander